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The Multi-Arts faculty includes professional artists and teachers from the Pioneer Valley, New York and abroad. Leaders in visual arts, theater, dance, fashion, music, and film, these internationally renowned artists provide a unique multicultural experience. They also inspire children with their passion, enthusiasm, and humor.

CATALINA ARRUBLA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Catalina is the founder and Executive Director of Multi-Arts. She was formerly the director of the publications department of the Ministry of Culture in Colombia, her native country. Catalina is also a professional oboist and oboe teacher, and directs chamber music ensembles.

JESSIE MARASCO - ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR
Jessie is a sophomore at Vassar College, studying Drama, Psychology, and Spanish. She is pursuing a career in stage management. Her love of theater has only grown ever since she started as a camper at Multi-Arts over a decade ago. Now, Jessie utilizes her managerial skills in her role as the Assistant to the Director.

JULIO NEIJENS - ART TEACHER
Julio is a practicing artist living in Chicago. He studied art at MICA in Baltimore, Amherst College in Massachusetts, and received his BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago majoring in painting and drawing. Julio works as as a scenic painter, constructor, and prop maker in theaters in Chicago. He has been teaching art for several years at Multi-Arts.

MAIA KINNEY-PETRUCHA - THEATER
Maia is a graduate of Hampshire College, where she studied the cognitive benefits of theater. She is a writer, director, and actress and has been teaching performative storytelling for the stage and screen for many years to both children and adults.

JOSH GOLD - DANCE & MIME & BLACK LIGHT THEATER
Josh is a lead counselor and teacher at Multi-Arts. His specialties include hip hop / funk dance, mime, blacklight (glow-in-the-dark) costumes and games, and multi-media arts and crafts. Josh teaches during the school year at the Easthampton Elementary Schools for a 21st Century Community Learning Center program through the Colla-borative for Educational Services.

MANUELA ROJAS - COUNSELOR & HEAD TEACHER
Manuela is a student at the UPB, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana- Medellín, Colombia, studying Historia. She loves dancing, ceramics, and fashion design. She is excited to join the Multi-Arts team as a counselor this summer!

DARLA STABLER - FASHION & WRITING
Darla is excited to return to Multi-Arts for a second summer. Her classes will focus on writing and fashion, and she also enjoys improv, puppetry, and drawing. Darla works with children at Clinical & Support Options' Bridge Family Resource Center in Amherst, and works at a restaurant in Northampton.

SHIKO MAGUA - TEACHER & HEAD COUNCELOR
Shiko created Tsanzi Design with the aim of bringing forward the rich artistic tradition of Africa borrowing from the diverse cultures, languages, and landscape to teach skill sets through the visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpture, design, and crafts. She joins us at Multi-Arts working as a counselor and teacher.

MAUREEN SHEA - DANCE & HEAD COUNSELOR
Maureen has been teaching creative contemporary dance for children since 1984. She led Grasshoppa Dance classes for children for ten years, as well as recently directing the amateur theatre group, ‘Hilltowners Playing’, both in the Hilltown of Western Mass. Maureen is the Co-Chair of the Hadley Cultural Council. She is pursuing a Masters degree in dance at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

DOMINIC RODGERS - THEATER
An actor, theater-maker, and long time student of the arts, Dominic is excited to be joining Multi-Arts this summer. Hailing from Amherst and Hadley originally, Dominic now pursues a degree in theater from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

MIRIAM CARRY - CIRCUS
Miriam Carry is studying philosophy, clown, and performance art at Hampshire College. She has been working as a teaching assistant at the Early Learning Center on Hampshire campus for the past two years. Throughout her various teaching experiences exploring improv, Shakespeare, and children's theater games, Miriam has developed an affirming and individualized approach to performance. In her free time she will often wander the world as a clown.

IVANNA MASERA - ART ASSISTANT
Ivanna is a local multi-media artist who enjoys working with children, keeping the arts accessible, and encouraging others to take part in creating art. Additionally, she is a student of health sciences and a hard working PCA. With arts as her passion, she has hung several shows in the area, collaborated with several companies to make logos for their projects, and spent time caring for children and adults with disabilities in theatrical and visual arts.

MADELEINE NEIMAN - ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR
Maddie is a senior at Indiana University, pursuing a degree in Arts Management with minors in Studio Art and Urban Development. She currently works as an ESL tutor, using art and play to communicate with her students. Her involvement with Multi-Arts started over a decade ago as a camper, and today Madeleine works assisting the Director in several administrative tasks.

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Multi-Arts is a non-profit organization.
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Your donation will support:

the Multi-Arts Scholarship Fund -- which provides financial aid to children from low income families who love the arts and want to be at Multi-Arts.
the Art Exhibitions Program -- which displays year round the children's art work in hospitals, libraries, cultural institutions, and many other public places.

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